Back to 1979: Sending the Educated Youth’s Wife Back to the City

Chapter 19: Bringing Daughter to Beijing
After the money was exchanged and deposited, Fang Mingche opened his hands to his father and said, "Dad, can I use the household registration book?"

He and Yanyan’s household registration has been moved out of the school’s collective household registration, and they have to find a place to accept them within a month.

Otherwise, they, father and daughter, would become illegal residents.

Father Fang was still furious. "I've only heard of people who risked their lives to change from farmers to non-farmers. There are actually people like you who change from non-farmers to farmers, and even bring trouble to your own daughter!"

His granddaughter was born into a resident family and had access to commercial grain.

Every year that I grow older, I get a corresponding amount of extra food. Now it's all gone!

Now that the household registration transfer has been completed, Fang Mingche has nothing to worry about.

When they got home, Yanyan secretly asked him, "Dad, are we really going to look for mom?"

"We'll set off after the Lantern Festival tomorrow."

When Fang Mingche woke up in the morning on the 16th day of the first lunar month, he moved his body vigorously a few times.

He had been beaten for two days, and his normal activities were basically no longer affected. He was wearing thick clothes and was fine sitting on a chair.

He simply carried Yanyan on his back using a colorful baby sling, and then held a large box in each hand.

One is made of rattan and the other is made of wood.

I miss my big suitcase with wheels!
The scene of him leaving wearing a military coat, carrying two large boxes and carrying his daughter on a flowery sling attracted a lot of onlookers.

Those who were hoeing the fields stopped, put their chins on their hoes and looked at him. Weird!

People passing by also stopped to look at him to see if they were going to laugh or not, "Are you having BJ?"

"Yes."

He bought a pack of good cigarettes and got a letter of introduction from the branch secretary to take his daughter to visit relatives in BJ.

The scheduled return date is half a month later.

Everyone in the village knew that he was planning to take his daughter with him and become a migrant worker.

Many people laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.

I wonder if this scholar has read too many books and damaged his brain.

My cousin found a ride on the same route to deliver goods to the city.

Fang Mingche took a minibus to the county town to find his cousin, and his cousin handed Fang Mingche the train ticket that he had asked someone to buy for him.

She also put the egg cake, apple, thermos bottle and other items he requested in a sack and handed them to him.

These things can only be obtained on the black market.

If you go to a grocery store to buy something, you need a receipt.

And it may not be in stock. If it is out of stock, the salesperson will just say "wait for it" to you.

Seeing that Fang Mingche's hands were full, he frowned and asked, "How are you going to get them when you get off the car?"

"It's not heavy, just hang it around your neck."

There were no tricycles in the city, so people had to carry things on their shoulders or hands.

This is the time when you can most feel the huge benefits of the service industry.

The cousin sighed, then said to the driver, "Xiao Song, these are my cousin and niece. Please take them to the train."

The train ticket is a hard seat ticket.

There is no way. Nowadays, ordinary people can’t buy sleeper tickets, only hard seats.

Sleeper berths are provided for cadres on business trips.

Besides, it was good to have a seat. Many people bought standing tickets.

This driver is Fang Mingfeng's apprentice.

Although he couldn't compare to his cousin who had many students all over the world and could even borrow a bird gun, he still had some face.

"Okay, Master. Uncle, Junior Sister, please take a seat."

Xiao Song stuffed two boxes under the seat. This was done by adding a little more space in the back.

Fang Mingche untied Yanyan from his back and said, "Goodbye to Fourth Uncle!"

Yanyan was quite excited, as she didn't know yet that her father was beaten by her grandfather.

Would Fang Mingche let his daughter know about such an embarrassing thing?

The little girl immediately waved and said, "Goodbye, Uncle."

"Goodbye. Take care of the kids on the way!"

"Got it." My cousin lowered his voice, "When you get there, send me a telegram. I'll wire the money to you."

Fang Mingche is currently over two thousand.

Well, he sold the bicycle to a colleague. On the day of registration, the colleague took the receipt and went to his elder brother to get the bicycle.

His elder brother helped by delivering the goods to the door.

The 500 yuan should be returned to his father.

But he sold the car for 120, so it certainly couldn't be given to his elder brother for nothing.

He looks a bit like an older brother.

In this way, I collected a total of 2000 yuan, with a few dozen yuan left over.

The train ticket cost less than 30 yuan, but I spent more than 10 yuan on snacks and a thermos.

He saved 1900 yuan and had more than yuan left to keep house.

I didn't dare to carry so much cash with me. I went back to BJ to get the remittance slip.

My cousin wouldn't covet his 1900 yuan.

It’s not that I’m not tempted, but I won’t ruin morality and brotherhood over it.

Moreover, my cousin sincerely felt that Fang Mingche might not be an ordinary person.

He really didn't dare to entrust this money to others.

Dear brother, forget it. If he just says it's not true, who can he turn to?
As for his biological father, he might keep it for him. He would not deny it, but he would definitely not send it all to him and indulge him in his misbehavior.

It takes three hours to get from the county to the city, but the road is very bad and shaky.

Fang Mingche lifted Yanyan, who was frowning from the bumping, onto his lap and said, "Everything will be fine once we get on the train. Xiao Song, I'm sorry to have caused you trouble."

"It's okay, you're welcome, uncle."

Fang Mingche laughed twice, "You really call me uncle-master?"

He paid for lunch and ordered two meat dishes, which was quite a treat at the time.

After eating, Xiao Song drove them directly to the train station.

Fang Mingche paid him the parking fee, and he helped carry a suitcase, brought some food, and sent the father and daughter on the train.

Fang Mingche tied Yanyan to his body again, and hung her in front of him to avoid being squeezed behind him.

It was really crowded when I got on the bus.

The conductor saw that he was carrying a child and a suitcase, and used his hands to separate the other people and said, "Please make way for this man with a child. Don't squeeze the child!"

Fang Mingche stepped forward and thanked him, "Comrade, thank you!"

He bought a platform ticket, and Xiao Song took them directly to the train and helped put the two boxes on the luggage rack.

It was within Fang Mingche's sight. It was said that there were often people on the train who took away other people's suitcases. If they were caught, they would say that they were dazzled and took the wrong one.

"Xiao Song, thank you so much! I'll come back to see you next time."

"Uncle Master, you're welcome. Goodbye, Junior Sister—"

"Goodbye, Brother Xiao Song!"

Yanyan had never been on a train before, so she was a little curious and looked around carefully.

She didn't have her own seat, so she had to sit on her father's lap. Fortunately, the seat was upright, not backwards, so she didn't get dizzy easily.

Fang Mingche tried it and found the injury on his back to be within the tolerable range. He wore thick clothes and after two days, it was not very obvious.

The train started moving quickly and Fang Mingche let out a breath.

He asked the village barefoot doctor to get some medicine for her. Now he just hoped that Yanyan would not get sick during the journey.

It will take three days and two nights!
Fortunately, the child has a good physique and doesn't get sick for several months.

He was going to get some water and took his daughter with him.

The train was full of people of all kinds. If he came back and found his daughter missing, he would burst into tears.

"Dad, when can I see Mom?"

"When it gets dark the third time, we'll be in BJ. Then we'll find a place to settle down and we'll go find mom."

Yanyan said: "It got dark three times."

It seems a bit long!

(End of this chapter)